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“It's not my purpose to please all people. It's my purpose to write the most honest feeling work I can, work with integrity and respect for life.”
Linda Hogan (writer) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Winter 1990)
“There exist the "fanatic" Muslims — to use a bad word — just as there are also fanatic Christians; they have terrible ideas, which I absolutely do not agree with. But we always say: This is the price to pay for religious freedom, to let everyone speak. But then it's up to us to work toward necessary moderation, having a nonpartial vision of what religion is, and to do our work.”
John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan (born 1944) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cardinal John Onaiyekan Encourages Dialogue and Peace (21 October 2018) National Catholic Register
“Growing up on set, in the industry, over 20 years, and starting out doing background work and extra work and just seeing the sets evolve and seeing everybody’s job and seeing how a real production took place, I finally got to this place in my career where I wanted to tell a story and not just be in front of the camera to execute somebody else’s vision.”
Michael B. Jordan (born 1987) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Michael B. Jordan Talks 'Creed III,' the Secret to Creating a Great Training Montage, and the ‘Rocky’ Franchise" in Collider (18 October 2022)
“I learned that carrying on while you're broken is not the answer. I tried to work harder and harder, thinking that work would cure everything. All it did was make things worse.”
Gene Tierney (1920–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Leadership needs to have a good value set and it needs to recognize the humanity in the other person; it needs to be pragmatic, but over the years I've discovered chemistry, the personality and if the personalities can work together on opposite sides then you've got the real ingredients of making the proposals work.”
Monica McWilliams (born 1954) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Highlighting the role of women in peacemaking (2017) Vatican News
“There are people today, who tell our young people not to work hard but to work smart.”
Mamokgethi Phakeng (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We don’t work around it; we work through it. We don’t deny our feelings when they arrive or even attack us.”
Nomzamo Mbatha (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Desirest thou the teacher's work? Ask wisdom from above. It is a work of toil and care Of patience and of love.”
Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker (1924–2019) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Coker recipe for success as a teacher in 2008.
“My best advice is to party as hard as you work and have fun doing good work! And that way, you'll be in it for 50 or 60 years, like I’ve been.”
Loretta Ross (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In a huge celebration of talents, pupils of the University Staff School joined in a celebration witnessed by the U.S. Ambassador, Terence McCulley. In continuation of our community engagement this year, we will focus on using agricultural materials for creative work and our target is to work with about 1,000 students from public secondary schools in Lagos State.”
Peju Layiwola (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of the things I realised is that academic work, scholarly work or legal scholarship, is actually an advantage to a person because we are talking about discussing principles of law, especially when you are serving in the highest court, the court which has the last say in dispute resolution.”
Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Knowing that the work you do contributes to the betterment of society is an added privilege worth experiencing. * Go for it! Stem subjects provide so many career disciplines to choose from, so I recommend attending careers fairs, seeking work experience opportunities and engaging with people within the industry to get a feel for what’s involved.”
“I wake up at 4am every day; that is my work ethic. There are many things stacked against women in the workplace so we have to work doubly hard to prove ourselves.”
Sarojini Nadar (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Also, I mean, at the risk of psychoanalysing that's also a way to protect yourself, and your ability to make more work. At the risk of sounding cliché, there’s a price to pay for creating. It is a give and take, but I think its human nature and dwell on what you've lost. But I do think the work definitely gives back to you, at least it does to me.”
Ayobola Kekere-Ekun (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The lower imagination, the weaker, falls into the proliferation of images. My hope is someday to be able to figure out a connection between the work of monotheism-imagining and the work of story-imagining. Until now I have thought of these as enemies.”
Cynthia Ozick (born 1928) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In work, Comrade Stalin said, it is necessary to move decisively, with the investment of a decisive quantity of resources, but in the basic directions. It is also necessary to use Germany to the utmost; there, there are people, and equipment, and experience, and factories. Comrade Stalin asked about the work of German scholars and the benefits which they brought to us.”
Igor Kurchatov (1903–1960) first seen 1946 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Notes on the discussion between I.V. Kurchatov, lead scientist for the Soviet nuclear effort, and Stalin" in Wilson Center (25 January 1946)
“It was not worth engaging in small-scale work, but necessary to conduct the work broadly, with Russian scope. . . . It was not necessary to seek cheaper paths.”
Igor Kurchatov (1903–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Science and Secrecy" in NYTimes Books (2 October 1994)
“Yes, footballers are very rich, but footballers work hard too. When you work hard in life, you are likely to be rich and if you are lazy, you would likely be poor”
Nwankwo Kanu (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I ask you to come and play football for 15 minutes, you would be breathing hard. Being a footballer does not come easy the way people see it. So, whatever they get is what they work for. Those figures are real but they work hard for it.”
Nwankwo Kanu (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For Native nations and activists, the Green New Deal holds promise. Its commitment to principles of environmental justice is highly relevant to us, but can only work if articulated in a way that addresses our specific concerns. We might think of this as “Indigenizing” environmental justice and see the Green New Deal as decolonizing work.”
Dina Gilio-Whitaker wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How to interface with the public is an ongoing problem in my work. I am always looking for a function that my work can play. There has to be a reason for it.”
Andrea Zittel (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even dishwashing is a kind of work experience. Having a difficult work experience on your resume may impress employers, who may think you are self-motivated.”
Matthew Cheung (born 1950) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: University graduates can try dishwashing to gain work experience: Hong Kong Chief Secretary" (2020)
“Lati used to work for my mum. My mum passed, you know, Lati used to work for my mum. So when my mum passed, you know, Lati stayed around. And then when my mum passed, my step mum came, chased Lati away from the house”
“I had high expectations of myself from the start. I think I had a rather smooth journey in showbiz — I always had work opportunities knocking on my door, but rather than being stressed over a lack of work, I put pressure on myself because I wanted to do better. When you want to become better, you put more pressure on yourself as well.”
Carina Lau (born 1965) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Carina Lau Doesn’t Think You Need Good Looks To Be A Star" in Today (3 November 2019)
“My compositions are a reflection of my sense of responsibility towards society, my understanding of human emotions, and the sheer love I have for my work. This certification is a testament to the love and passion we, as artists, invest in our work, It fuels my drive to create more powerful and inspiring compositions for my audiences.”
P. V. R. Raja (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For me, very little gets to me, except to do my work that I have to do and I must say up till now, I still believe that 99.99% of the judiciary from magistrates all the way to the Chief Justice, they are there to simply do their work.”
Sophia Akuffo (born 1949) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 99.99% of judges are there to simply do their work – Ex-CJ Sophia Akuffo, Ghana Web, 16 September 2023.
“Until quite recently, any Latinex writing had to be the same story about poor people who come up north to work on farms and make good and send their first child to college. That story falls within another story about the Protestant work ethic, the American Dream. This was the story we were allowed to tell. I don’t tell stories about earned success.”
Kathleen Alcalá (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you think of anybody else selling work for millions, it’s the opposite for performance people. I still have a huge mortgage to pay. I still have to work every day because I never have the kind of money like artists who produce objects.”
Marina Abramović (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“YouthPower: plan your work and work your plan. together we can push for a better and sustainable future.”
Olumide Idowu (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The thing you really want is for the human teachers that teach the AI to collaborate with an AI. You might want to think of it as being in a world where the human teachers do 1% of the work and the AI does 99% of the work. You don't want it to be 100% AI. But you do want it to be a human-machine collaboration, which teaches the next machine.”
Ilya Sutskever (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are going to work hard so we bounce back. I am happy with the overall play of my girls. They fought hard and we are going to work on our set pieces and mental strength so we regain our form.”
Nondi Mahlasela (born 1991) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: by Admin, February 15, 2023, Retrieved 5 November, 2023
“It is my life’s work as a wellness coach, yoga instructor and personal trainer to inspire those who work with me to realise their best self ever.”
Teresa Moodie (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have this traditional model where scientists go off and do their work, write a paper and publish it in a journal and hope that somebody who needs it picks it up and is able to make some kind of decision based on the information. But it doesn’t work anymore because so many of the problems we have now are very urgent, and we need more efficient ways to connect science to policy.”
Jessica Melbourne-Thomas (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When we say choice, we mean women get to choose to work or have families. We don’t mean men choose to work or have families.”
Sheryl Sandberg (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A lot of what I do is really related to my position in the world as a woman for whom a lot of things don't come easy. Public health services don't work, the education doesn't work for my children, we struggle a lot and that's why I do what I do.”
Stella Nyanzi (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Amma Sarah sent someone to say to Abba Paphnutius, 'Have you really done the work of God by letting your brother be despised?' and Abba Paphnutius said, 'Paphnutius is here with the intention of doing the work of God, and he has nothing to do with anyone else.'”
Paphnutius the Ascetic (350–350) said by 350 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You asked if being with someone helps or hurts, or what effect it has on the work. I think it just depends on who that person is and who you are relative to them. In relationships, we consent to be manipulated by the other in positive and negative ways, all of which inevitably goes into the work”
Catherine Lacey (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you must chop you must work. On the brighter side, God rewards hard work so you will always reap what you have sewn.”
Mo'Cheddah (born 1990) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: MOCHEDDAH LAMENTS THE HARD LIFE IN NIGERIA. 16 April 2019. Guardian Newspaper.
“My advice to Nigerian women is not to lose their dignity as women in order to succeed in life. Hard work brings success. They should not depend on men for everything but work hard to get their own.”
Daniella Okeke (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I like to separate my personal life from business. This is work. Everybody should come here, be professional, be ready to work and be done with it”
Jemima Osunde (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fagbule said that, “being female and a leading entrepreneur are the same for her; she sees no difference, an outlook that has undoubtedly helped her go faster. She doesn’t care about her gender, she just wants to get work done, and she does get work done.”
Fagbule Olanike wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Know your strengths and weaknesses and work towards your strengths and improve your weaknesses and have that crazy dream that will drive you on. There will always be people who will tell you that you can’t do something or that a certain path is not for you, but work out what you can do and go for it.”
Maggie Aderin-Pocock (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All your hard work will never be in vain, especially if your work is clean.”
Florence Seriki (1963–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The credibility you can have towards your team depends on the quality of the technical-tactical work and vice versa. In the end, if you have credibility with your players, if you lead them to believe in what you do day after day, you can also allow yourself to experiment, to do something a little more difficult, to be more demanding compared to work on the pitch.”
Sergio Scariolo (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have found that you have to set your mind to be 100-percent professional at all times. You must know what you are talking about before you open your mouth and do your work in such a way that you leave no excuse or doubt for people to derogate you or your work because you are a woman… I think you also have to be smart about how you come across to people as a woman.”
Amy Jadesimi (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Advocacy work is hard, and at times, it is thankless and even dangerous. But, it is the work that I choose to do - to use my voice and my scholarship to attempt to make a difference”
Nwando Achebe (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was not good at painting so I thought I should try sculpture, as I liked putting my hand in my work. It is totally natural for me to make the work myself.”
Sokari Douglas Camp (born 1958) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Karen Wright, Sokari Douglas Camp, sculptor: 'I was not good at painting so I tried sculpture, as I liked putting my hand in my work', Independent, 16 April 2015.
“The opposition is wrong when it says that little work is done in the Senate, the majority is wrong when it says that work is done: the reality is that the Senate does nothing. (from E Polis Milano, March 14, C.E.2007)”
Roberto Calderoli (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Go for what you want as long as it is of positive impact, work hard and work smart.”
Isabella Ayuk (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let us work harder: let us work hard to live less and to die sooner. (March 16, C.E.1893; Vergani, p. 64)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source